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The Speeches of Isaeus

With Critical and Explanatory Notes

Isaeus author William Wyse editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Jun '13

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William Wyse's 1904 edition of the surviving speeches of fourth-century BCE Attic orator Isaeus, with a detailed introduction and commentary.

Isaeus, an Attic orator of the fourth century BCE, made speeches which exemplify the intrigue of ancient inheritance disputes. First published in 1904, this learned edition of his surviving speeches, with a critical introduction and commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860–1929), remains a standard work.Very little is known about the life of the Attic orator Isaeus, who was active during the first half of the fourth century BCE, and many of his speeches have been lost to posterity. Published in 1904, these surviving speeches, presented in the original Greek with extensive commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860–1929), are mostly concerned with the convoluted intrigue of inheritance disputes. Wyse regarded Isaeus as 'an unscrupulous falsifier of law and fact in the service of clients whose claims to the estates they contested were, without exception, fraudulent'. While modern scholars may not fully share this view, Wyse's monumental and learned edition is still a standard work in the study of ancient family law. In addition to a critical introduction, the texts of the speeches, and the detailed commentary, this work also includes family trees to aid understanding of the complex cases.

ISBN: 9781108059367

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 46mm

Weight: 1020g

818 pages